Tag Archives: Picasso

Letter to A Friend – Creativity, Self-Doubt, The Studio

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

Dear L- I don’t want to minimize your negative feelings about either your show or yourself. Or, I do. Or, I don’t, too much. The judgment you pass on yourself is perhaps justifiable (perhaps); but feelings, which though related are … Continue reading →

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Monuments of The Cubist Struggle

Posted on July 22, 2011 by

–Clement Greenberg, “The Pasted-Paper Revolution” (1947) In 1910 Braque had already inserted a very graphic nail with a sharp cast shadow in a picture otherwise devoid of graphic definitions and cast shadows, Still-life with Violin and Palette, in order to … Continue reading →

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Taking Us Beyond our Threshold of Comfort and Zone of Familiar Experience

Posted on July 8, 2011 by

Leo Steinberg does a superlative job of addressing the feeling of discomfort associated with the experience of the new – in particular with relation to the new in artistic creations. Now, I’m fully aware that not everyone in the class … Continue reading →

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